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July 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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In lieu of touching your contracted SecUnit, please utilize an appropriate emotional displacement object.
In lieu of touching your contracted SecUnit, please utilize an appropriate emotional displacement object.
Okay 2.5 days instead of 1, but it’s done and fully cataloged with LibraryThing so yay. 🥳
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Okay 2.5 days instead of 1, but it’s done and fully cataloged with LibraryThing so yay. 🥳
Here is another ridiculous thing I have:
I loved Kabuki. So I preordered this anniversary omnibus and didn’t really think it through.
Bro what? It’s 3” thick. It’s like trying to cozy up with a medieval illuminated manuscript. Ugh.
Normal book for scale.
I loved Kabuki. So I preordered this anniversary omnibus and didn’t really think it through.
Bro what? It’s 3” thick. It’s like trying to cozy up with a medieval illuminated manuscript. Ugh.
Normal book for scale.
June 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Here is another ridiculous thing I have:
I loved Kabuki. So I preordered this anniversary omnibus and didn’t really think it through.
Bro what? It’s 3” thick. It’s like trying to cozy up with a medieval illuminated manuscript. Ugh.
Normal book for scale.
I loved Kabuki. So I preordered this anniversary omnibus and didn’t really think it through.
Bro what? It’s 3” thick. It’s like trying to cozy up with a medieval illuminated manuscript. Ugh.
Normal book for scale.
Okay I am back at the bookcase reorg. Let’s look at some things I have found, like this!
Fun fact, I am 95% sure I emailed asking to skip this because I hate eye and teeth things in horror - and yet it came to my house anyway. Oh god.
Fun fact, I am 95% sure I emailed asking to skip this because I hate eye and teeth things in horror - and yet it came to my house anyway. Oh god.
June 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Okay I am back at the bookcase reorg. Let’s look at some things I have found, like this!
Fun fact, I am 95% sure I emailed asking to skip this because I hate eye and teeth things in horror - and yet it came to my house anyway. Oh god.
Fun fact, I am 95% sure I emailed asking to skip this because I hate eye and teeth things in horror - and yet it came to my house anyway. Oh god.
Right this is definitely a two-day project at least. See you tomorrow giant pile of books on my sofa!
June 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Right this is definitely a two-day project at least. See you tomorrow giant pile of books on my sofa!
Now I am too full to organize. I am going to finish ‘The Blighted Stars’* and then hopefully press on.
*on my Kindle instead of one of the hundred or so physical books I have yet to read. Natch.
*on my Kindle instead of one of the hundred or so physical books I have yet to read. Natch.
June 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Now I am too full to organize. I am going to finish ‘The Blighted Stars’* and then hopefully press on.
*on my Kindle instead of one of the hundred or so physical books I have yet to read. Natch.
*on my Kindle instead of one of the hundred or so physical books I have yet to read. Natch.
Two shelves! But in my defense I mainly collect special editions so I am having to scan the cover each time I enter it into the database app because I need to see the pretty covers okay?
June 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Two shelves! But in my defense I mainly collect special editions so I am having to scan the cover each time I enter it into the database app because I need to see the pretty covers okay?
Okay, one shelf of… 23? I’m using LibraryThing to build an app database as I go because I can never remember what I have or which special edition it is so hopefully this helps. 🤷🏻♀️
I am a book dragon with a hoard.
I am a book dragon with a hoard.
June 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Okay, one shelf of… 23? I’m using LibraryThing to build an app database as I go because I can never remember what I have or which special edition it is so hopefully this helps. 🤷🏻♀️
I am a book dragon with a hoard.
I am a book dragon with a hoard.
Thoughts and prayers for me as I embark on getting my overburdened bookcases organized and cataloged.
June 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thoughts and prayers for me as I embark on getting my overburdened bookcases organized and cataloged.
January 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Mycroft is something like 24 pounds and he’s been surprisingly gentle with all our trees. Though does like to lay under them and also the water splashing thing.
December 1, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Mycroft is something like 24 pounds and he’s been surprisingly gentle with all our trees. Though does like to lay under them and also the water splashing thing.
The internet, collectively:
December 1, 2024 at 6:15 PM
The internet, collectively:
(Also as a bonus, my kitchen assistant Leeloo woke me up at 5 am by throwing up off the side of my bed.
I took care of that, then her. Tried to get her to drink a little water but she refused, so I ended up making her dog soup with some leftover rice, water and a touch of our turkey broth. Fun!)
I took care of that, then her. Tried to get her to drink a little water but she refused, so I ended up making her dog soup with some leftover rice, water and a touch of our turkey broth. Fun!)
November 28, 2024 at 1:30 PM
(Also as a bonus, my kitchen assistant Leeloo woke me up at 5 am by throwing up off the side of my bed.
I took care of that, then her. Tried to get her to drink a little water but she refused, so I ended up making her dog soup with some leftover rice, water and a touch of our turkey broth. Fun!)
I took care of that, then her. Tried to get her to drink a little water but she refused, so I ended up making her dog soup with some leftover rice, water and a touch of our turkey broth. Fun!)
Okay, ngl, I got knee deep into desserts and forgot I was doing this and so here is like the pie equivalent of the montage of the former champ boxer training for his comeback. A pietage, if you will.
Apple crumb and cherry tart. Chocolate cake is in the oven. We have pumpkin and peach on deck.
Apple crumb and cherry tart. Chocolate cake is in the oven. We have pumpkin and peach on deck.
November 27, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Okay, ngl, I got knee deep into desserts and forgot I was doing this and so here is like the pie equivalent of the montage of the former champ boxer training for his comeback. A pietage, if you will.
Apple crumb and cherry tart. Chocolate cake is in the oven. We have pumpkin and peach on deck.
Apple crumb and cherry tart. Chocolate cake is in the oven. We have pumpkin and peach on deck.
So silky and not separated at all, and yet it tastes completely like cheese and not milk and flour. We seasoned it with just a dash of Crystal hot sauce, a pinch of mustard powder and a little garlic powder and pepper.
November 27, 2024 at 6:49 PM
So silky and not separated at all, and yet it tastes completely like cheese and not milk and flour. We seasoned it with just a dash of Crystal hot sauce, a pinch of mustard powder and a little garlic powder and pepper.
Evaporated milk, whole milk, sodium citrate, which will smoothly bind the cheese into sauce form and is what they use to make American cheese, and and 6 blocks of shredded Beechers Flagship cheese.
November 27, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Evaporated milk, whole milk, sodium citrate, which will smoothly bind the cheese into sauce form and is what they use to make American cheese, and and 6 blocks of shredded Beechers Flagship cheese.
We season the potato layer with black pepper and kosher salt, then layer cheese and pour over some cream. Repeat 4 times.
I’m par-baking (cooking to the halfway point) this today because it will give the potato starch extra time to thicken the cream and experience has taught me it’s better day 2.
I’m par-baking (cooking to the halfway point) this today because it will give the potato starch extra time to thicken the cream and experience has taught me it’s better day 2.
November 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
We season the potato layer with black pepper and kosher salt, then layer cheese and pour over some cream. Repeat 4 times.
I’m par-baking (cooking to the halfway point) this today because it will give the potato starch extra time to thicken the cream and experience has taught me it’s better day 2.
I’m par-baking (cooking to the halfway point) this today because it will give the potato starch extra time to thicken the cream and experience has taught me it’s better day 2.
Okay here is where things get controversial: I don’t like sweet sweet potatoes that are done with marshmallows and maple syrup.
So my go-to sweet potato is a savory gratin of sweet potatoes layered with cheese (gouda/gruyere/parmesan this year) and baked in a garlic thyme infused cream.
So my go-to sweet potato is a savory gratin of sweet potatoes layered with cheese (gouda/gruyere/parmesan this year) and baked in a garlic thyme infused cream.
November 27, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Okay here is where things get controversial: I don’t like sweet sweet potatoes that are done with marshmallows and maple syrup.
So my go-to sweet potato is a savory gratin of sweet potatoes layered with cheese (gouda/gruyere/parmesan this year) and baked in a garlic thyme infused cream.
So my go-to sweet potato is a savory gratin of sweet potatoes layered with cheese (gouda/gruyere/parmesan this year) and baked in a garlic thyme infused cream.
Gravy! Keeps like 5 days in the fridge so it’s great to do ahead. We did 2 tbsp butter and 3 tbsp turkey fat cooked with 1/4 c flour, then slowly whisked in 4 c. stock. Seasoned with thyme, black pepper, smoked salt, a touch of soy and apple cider syrup.
November 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Gravy! Keeps like 5 days in the fridge so it’s great to do ahead. We did 2 tbsp butter and 3 tbsp turkey fat cooked with 1/4 c flour, then slowly whisked in 4 c. stock. Seasoned with thyme, black pepper, smoked salt, a touch of soy and apple cider syrup.
Also please meet my devoted kitchen assistant. No spill is too big (unless it’s a vegetable. Gross)
November 27, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Also please meet my devoted kitchen assistant. No spill is too big (unless it’s a vegetable. Gross)
Stock, eggs, parsley whisked in and our cubed and toasted milk bread. It goes into a buttered pan and then the fridge until tomorrow when it goes into the oven. I made an all-veg version as well for our vegetarian guest, which was the same but with veg stock and a little cream instead.
November 27, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Stock, eggs, parsley whisked in and our cubed and toasted milk bread. It goes into a buttered pan and then the fridge until tomorrow when it goes into the oven. I made an all-veg version as well for our vegetarian guest, which was the same but with veg stock and a little cream instead.
Okay we’re cooking safe sausage and onion/carrot/celery in half butter, half our rendered turkey fat. Seasoned with chopped sage and garlic and black pepper.
November 27, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Okay we’re cooking safe sausage and onion/carrot/celery in half butter, half our rendered turkey fat. Seasoned with chopped sage and garlic and black pepper.